RPC IV.1, 25898 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume IV.1
Number 25898 (temporary)
Province Northern Black Sea
Region Bosporus
City Kingdom of the Bosporus
Reign Sauromates II
Person (obv.) Sauromates II (king)
Issue Year ΕϞΥ (495)
Dating 198/9
Obverse inscription ΒΑϹΙΛΕωϹ ϹΑΥΡοΜΑΤοΥ (facing outward, Αs with curved crossbar)
Edition Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου Βασιλέως Σαυρομάτου
Translation of King Sauromates
Obverse design draped bust of Sauromates II wearing diadem, right
Reverse inscription ΕϘΥ
Edition εϙυʹ εϙυʹ
Translation 495
Reverse design laureate head of Septimius Severus (on left) and draped bust of Caracalla (on right, youthful), facing each other; between, trident
Metal gold
Average diameter 20 mm
Average weight 7.74 g
Axis 11
Reference McDonald 506/9
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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1 1     ✸ Marciniak 7, 9 Feb. 2019, lot 2065